I can’t believe I’m gonna defend (well not really defend) this but,
In a vacuum, it was a shrewd move. If you could pull in the crazies, you might have a chance to battle with the mighty Obama machine. I don’t think they ever expected the real base to pull off their masks and show they were crazy too. They also felt she was down to Earth and folksy and could speak to their base on their level. And you can’t forget, they were trying to play the angle of having a woman as a part of the ticket after Hillary got bullied by Obama.
McCain knew it was a terrible idea and abhorred “politicians” like her. People who didn’t understand policy and how it may not have the effects you expect. Issue politicians who don’t understand the nuances of the issues. People who don’t believe in actual conservatism, but somehow consider themselves one. While we were all going “this broad is stupid”, crackers from all over the land started following her, then Michelle Bachmann, and then the goal became to say crazier shyt about the government and Democrats to win. And here we are.
Steve Schmidt and the Lincoln Project knows they let the cat out of the bag for cheap political points in a losing effort, because their policy wasn’t enough and they knew they were directly responsible for Trump. That’s why the Lincoln Project was a way to attempt to atone for it as a front and grift because they weren’t getting those campaign calls anymore because of Trump.
Also, she fukked Glen Rice in 1987. McCain was never a Hornets or Heat fan.
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